The Israeli Prison Service

Nahshon escort special unit

The Nahshon Unit, created in February 1973, was at the time called ABM (acronym for Security and Operations). In 1993 ABM was renamed in honor of the Biblical Nahshon ben (son of) Aminadav, the first to plunge forward into the Red Sea, leading the people of Israel after him to safety. The security prisoner escort unit � which escorts hundreds of terrorists daily to courtrooms, hospitals and interrogations � was created in July 2003. Read more